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So anyway the Governors Ball is first on the party circuit because it’s right upstairs from the Dolby Theatre, where the Oscars take place. I was late-ish getting there because I was waiting for the winners to finish making their rounds in the “backstage” areas in the adjacent hotel after the show ended, and the last one back there — even after Alejandro Inarritu took the stage to discuss his writing, directing and best picture Oscars for “Birdman” — was Chicago’s own Graham Moore, best adapted screenplay winner for “The Imitation Game” and eloquent acceptance speech-maker. I wound up asking the last question of the night back...

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